Schools Using Well Manager® to Restore Plumbing Performance Or Planning New Construction or Additions Using What Looks Like a Marginal Water Supply.

Schools, particularly secondary schools, where class changes occur at regular intervals, are a time based use that works nicely with Well Manager® systems. All of the large demands on the plumbing system occur at predictable times. Lunch is at a scheduled time and arrival and departure times are known.

A Well Manager® system is really two systems in one. There is a collection system which takes predetermined amounts of water from the well or wells at regular intervals and there is a delivery system designed to provide the peak demand flow rate at desired pressure. Water storage is the portion of the Well Manager® that connects the two systems. The amount of water to be stored is determined by the difference between the rate of collection and the required delivery rate taking into account the duration of and spacing between the peak demand periods. This makes it possible to supply a peak demand flow rate many times that of the well yield using a properly sized Well Manager®.

The yield of most wells declines over time for any of various reasons. Sometimes it is the result of new wells sharing the supply or a drought and sometimes it is due to bio-fouling or choking off of the fractures that feed the well. When constructing a new building it is good practice to design a Well Manager® system to function on a portion of the well's actual yield thereby insuring that plumbing systems will function as designed even if yield does decline at some future date.

When a school building designed to run directly on its well finds that plumbing pressure and performance begin to suffer as a result of declining well yield, a Well Manager® can be retrofitted and performance can be restored without drilling a new well. Often the existing well yield is more than adequate for the building with a Well Manager® so it is possible to design the system to run on a portion of the wells yield thus insuring system performance into the future.

It is often possible to design a system with very little storage because there is time to catch up between peak demand periods. This way stored water is turned over several times per day and the storage tank stays active and cold because water is being added at regular intervals.

SEE ALSO: TREATMENT REQUIRED FOR STORED WATER